Overview
- The discovery, which came Friday afternoon after a man known to the woman raised the alarm, was at a house in Carrick-on-Suir in County Tipperary.
- Gardaí, fire and ambulance units cordoned the home, preserved the scene and opened an incident room.
- The bodies were removed to University Hospital Waterford, where the state pathologist will carry out post-mortems to establish the cause of death.
- Investigators describe the case as a personal tragedy and are examining a line of inquiry that points to a medical emergency possibly linked to an unsupervised home birth.
- A family liaison officer has been assigned as officers speak with relatives and neighbors, and local masses are set to include prayers for the family.